“Criminal Law Special: Sentencing in the wake of the riots and the forthcoming appeals, Contempt of Court, Troy Davis execution, Legal Aid and Clause 12 re-visited.”
Charon QC, 30th September 2011
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.
“Prisoners should carry out work while in jail as part of the process of tackling the growing ‘feral underclass’, Justice Secretary Ken Clarke said today.”
The Independent, 4th October 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A couple have been jailed for their part in the torture of a man who stabbed himself in the chest to try to kill himself after being kept prisoner.”
BBC News, 4th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The home secretary is wrong,the decision not to deport an illegal immigrant had nothing to do with the pet cat.”
The Guardian, 4th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Related link: Theresa May’s twisted tale of a Bolivian’s cat
“Oral evidence in the first part of the inquiry into media ethics and phone hacking could start next month, Lord Leveson said today.”
The Independent, 4th October 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Fresh medical evidence in the case of the nurse called the ‘Angel of Death’ and jailed for life for the murders of four patients in a Leeds hospital eight years ago is to be passed to the Criminal Cases Review Commission. The case has similarities to that of Rebecca Leighton, the nurse arrested on suspicion of murdering patients in a Stockport hospital and released without charge last month.”
The Guardian, 4th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Landmark European court decision will keep lawyers busy but it won’t make much difference to consumers.”
The Guardian, 4th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Patents County Court (PCC) will be able to order damages payments of up to £500,000 for infringement of copyright and trade mark rights under a new law that came into effect on Saturday.”
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd October 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Supreme Court ‘missed the opportunity’ to clarify a complex area of employment law when Sheffield City Council settled out of court an equal pay test case by female workers who claimed they were being paid less than men to do similar jobs, an expert has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd October 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
High Court (Administrative Court)
AM v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWHC 2486 (Admin) (03 October 2011)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Rossetti Marketing Ltd v Diamond Sofa Company Ltd & Anor [2011] EWHC 2482 (QB) (03 October 2011)
Source: www.bailii.org
“David Starkey, the historian, has been cleared by the broadcasting watchdog over comments he made on newsnight that led to complaints he had been racist.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Workers will have to pay to bring unfair dismissal claims and will not be able to do so unless they have worked for the employer for at least two years, the government has said. Under the plans, applicants will be obliged to pay the costs of an unfair dismissal claim – £250 for lodging a claim and a further £1,000 if the case goes to a hearing – which will only be refunded if the employee wins. The change to double the length of employment needed before a claim can be made will come into affect on 6 April 2012.”
The Guardian, 3rd October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A police investigation has been launched into an alleged assault on a Nigerian asylum seeker in front of her three young children on a plane bound for Italy.”
The Guardian, 3rd October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The High Court has rejected an attempt by the UK’s human rights watchdog to rule guidance on torture is unlawful.”
BBC News, 3rd October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A pub landlady has won the latest stage of her fight to air Premier League games using a foreign TV decoder. Karen Murphy had to pay nearly £8,000 in fines and costs for using a cheaper Greek decoder in her Portsmouth pub to bypass controls over match screening. But she took her case to the European Court of Justice. The ECJ now says national laws which prohibit the import, sale or use of foreign decoder cards are contrary to the freedom to provide services.”
BBC News, 4th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“In fact, it was one of the best days for tabloid newspapers since the phone-hacking scandal began.”
The Guardian, 3rd October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Britain’s immigration rules are to be amended to curb the ability of foreign criminals to resist deportation by invoking their right to a family life under the Human Rights Act, the home secretary, Theresa May, is to announce on Tuesday.”
The Guardian, 3rd October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Bailiffs have finally been given permission to start clearing the Dale Farm travellers’ site more than a fortnight after the eviction was supposed to start.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Roman Abramovich forced fellow oligarch Boris Berozovsky to sell him billions of pounds of shares cheaply by threatening that Vladimir Putin would seize his assets if he did not comply, a court heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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